Faculty proposals funded

Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty members who have had proposals funded.

Brittany Battle, assistant professor of sociology, whose proposal entitled “Families Under Surveillance” has been funded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Keith Bonin, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Chromatin mobility in response to DNA damage” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by [subaward/subcontract from] WFU Health Sciences. 

Christy Buchanan, professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled ”The impact of college experiences on coping with the crises of 2020″ has been funded by the Kettering Foundation. 

Minghan Chen, assistant professor of computer science, whose proposal entitled “Uncovering the Heterogeneity of Neurodegeneration Trajectories in Alzheimer’s Disease Using a Network Guided Reaction-Diffusion Model” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by [subaward/subcontract from] the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Patricia Clayton, associate professor of engineering, whose proposal entitled “Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure: Experimental Facility with Large Mobile Dynamic Shakers for Field Testing 2021-2025” has been funded by the National Science Foundation and by [subaward/subcontract from] the University of Texas at Austin.

Michael Gross, associate professor of engineering, whose proposal entitled “LEIDOS RESEARCH SUPPORT TEAM (LRST)” has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and by [subaward/subcontract from] Leidos. 

Staci Hepler, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, whose proposal entitled “Spatio-temporal Methods for Surveillance of the Opioid Syndemic” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by [subaward/subcontract from] WFU Health Sciences.

Eranda Jayawickreme, associate professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Exemplar Interventions to Develop Character” has been funded by the John Templeton Foundation. 

Oana Jurchescu, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled ”NSF-DFG: Solvent-free manUfacturing of PERovskite LArge-Scale ElectRonics – SUPER LASER” has been funded by the National Science Foundation. 

Jeff Katula, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Strategic Grant – U.S. POINTER Study” has been funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and by [subaward/subcontract from] Rush University Medical Center. 

John Lukesh, assistant professor of chemistry, whose proposal “New Chemical Tools for Investigating the Biological Significance of Hydrogen Sulfide and Hydrogen Selenide” has been  funded by the National Science Foundation.

Allison Matthews, executive director and research fellow in faith and health at the Wake Forest School of Divinity, whose proposal entitled “AIDSVu Service Locator Project” has been funded by the Gilead Sciences Inc.

Stephen Messier, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Optimizing the value of pain management in knee osteoarthritis patients with comorbidities” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by [subaward/subcontract from] The Brigham and Womens Hospital Inc. 

Paul Pauca, professor of computer science, whose proposal entitled “Rapid Change and Development in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot: A Multi-Sensor Fusion Approach to Quantify Terrestrial and Aquatic Impacts and Test Policy Effectiveness” has been funded by NASA and by [subaward/subcontract from] Trustees of Dartmouth College. 

Jack Rejeski, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Healthy Aging & Later-Life Outcomes – Pilot (HALLO-P)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by [subaward/subcontract form] WFU Health Sciences.

Miles Silman, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “CINCIA ACIERTA: Alliance for Science and Ecosystem Recovery” has been funded by the USAID. 

Timo Thonhauser, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Understanding and Tailoring Diffusion and Co-Adsorption Inside the Confined Pores of Metal-Organic Frameworks” has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Mark Welker, professor of chemistry, whose proposal entitled “Chemically Modified Alginates for Hydrogel Microbead Testing” has been funded by the Biologic Delivery Technologies LLC and by [subaward/subcontract from] WFU Health Sciences. 

Saami Yazdani, associate professor of engineering, whose proposals entitled “In vitro evaluation and characterization of peripheral drug coated balloons,” which has been funded by the Becton Dickinson and Company, and “Ex Vivo Testing Assessment of Varying Drug Coated Balloon Coating,” which has been funded by the Advanced NanoTherapies Inc.